When I heard that I was going to do a blog as a project for English 102, I thought to myself, "Wow, this is something I would do in 2007". I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just that not a lot of people blog anymore, unless I just don't know anyone who blogs. Blogs, to me, are the old way of talking about yourself, but I feel like they have more to them than social media. With social media like Instagram and Facebook, you can summarize what you did in just 2-3 sentences. I thinks it's cool to have bite-sized posts about what you are doing on the daily, but blogs feel more in depth and personal. They can go into detail for a certain topic. For example, if I was, let's say a car blog, I can talk about things like how to build a car, the newest cars on the market, problems in the automobile landscape, and so many more things related to that topic.
Digging through the internet, there are many blogs to choose from that talk about many topics. For my blog, however, I'll be focusing on video game blogs. One of these blogs is called Niche Gamer, a blog dedicated to not just popular games, but games that not a lot of people know of. I like this blog because it focuses on games that are not as well known as games developed by Ubisoft, EA, Activision, etc. The blog is organized based on the most recent blog published, which each blog naming the game talked about in the blog and the specific thing they are going to talk about (like game updates or tips and tricks). Another blog that is more mainstream is GameInformer. I use this blog often because it covers many releases of the biggest titles and covers gaming news that will be relevant to me, like Call Of Duty Will Remain On PlayStation For Three Years After Current Agreement, Jim Ryan Says. It also gets to the point on the subject, unlike the next blog site I am going to mention next. The blog is organized with a featured post and some other smaller posts, with things like podcasts and game specific articles (basically game updates and what to expect in the future of the game). The blog site that I mentioned before that I dislike is called Kotaku. I don't like how some of the writers are snarky and they post pointless articles on their website. They also tend to have bad opinions. Their titles on their articles are really good at hooking people to read them, however, for example this article called Hideo Kojima’s New Podcast Is Messy, But Damn If We’re Not Going To Listen Anyway (I used to fall for this, but then I decided to ignore their articles now).
Overall, there are great blogs or there are terrible blogs, but it is up to you to decide which blog grabs your attention.
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